Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 8,157 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Ertharin Cousin (1957- )
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Charles R. Baquet, III (1941- )
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Lorenzo Dow Turner (1890-1972)
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Faith Congregational Church [Hartford] (1819- )

Explore Global African History

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Sultanate of Zanzibar (1856–1964)
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
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(1950) Ralph Bunche, “Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech”
Battle of Vertières in 1803 Haitian Revolution
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Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Charles Mitchell, Slavery, and Washington Territory in 1860
Coronavirus structure
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COVID-19: The Myth and the Reality for Black America
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Race, Family, and Real Estate: Beryl Satter’s Family Properties
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Agrippa Hull: Revolutionary Patriot

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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